Tornado Warning 38, NWS Jackson, MS

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
505 PM CST SAT MAR 4 1989

...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 17 EFFECTIVE UNTIL 10:00PM...
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH EFFECTIVE TONIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING...

AT 500 PM...A VERY INTENSE AND POSSIBLE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WAS
LOCATED IN EXTREME EAST CENTRAL LOUISIANA ABOUT 20 MILES WEST-SOUTHWEST
OF PORT GIBSON. THIS STORM IS MOVING NORTH-NORTHEAST AND ON ITS PRESENT
TRACK..IT WILL MOVE THROUGH NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND REMAIN WEST OF
MISSISSIPPI RIVER FOR THE NEXT HOUR OR SO. HOWEVER...THESE TYPE STORMS
CAN TURN TO THE RIGHT...SO RESIDENTS IN CLAIBORNE AND WARREN COUNTY
SHOULD STAY WEATHER CONSCIOUS DURING THE NEXT HOUR OR SO.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
635 PM CST SAT MAR 4 1989

...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 17 EFFECTIVE UNTIL 10:00PM...
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH EFFECTIVE TONIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING...

THE VERY INTENSE THUNDERSTORM THAT MOVED THROUGH VICKSBURG LIKELY
DROPPED ONE INCH OF RAIN IN ABOUT A 30 MINUTE PERIOD. THIS HAS
RESULTED IN SOME STREETS TO FLOOD IN THE VICKSBURG AREA AND
WATER IS BACKING UP DUE TO THE HIGH LEVELS OF THE CRE6EKS. THIS WATER
SHOULD SUBSIDE DURING THE NEXT HOUR...BUT MOTORISTS IN THE VICKSBURG
AREA SHOULD AVOID AREAS THAT ARE SUSCEPTIBLE TO FLOODING.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
 645 PM CST SAT MAR 4 1989

 TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 17 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM THIS EVENING.
 FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR TONIGHT ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 20 INCLUDING
 SUMTER COUNTY IN WEST CENTAL ALABAMA.

AT 630 PM NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS OCCURRING IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI OR
EXTREME WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA.  HOWEVER...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS AND RAIN
SHOWERS CONTINUED ACROSS THE AREA.  VERY STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
HAVE MOVED INTO WEST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI.  THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING
TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 TO 40 MILES AN HOUR.

THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ACROSS CENTRAL AND
SOUTHESRN MISSISSIPPI THROUGHOUT THE EVENING AND MORE OF THESE STORMS COULD
BECOME SEVERE.  PERSONS LIVING IN THESE AREAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND
BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER IF WARNINGS ARE ISSUED OR THREATENING WEATHER
APPROACHES. <<

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
915 PM CST SAT MAR 4 1989

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 17 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM THIS EVENING.
FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR TONIGHT ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 20 INCLUDING
SUMTER COUNTY IN WEST CENTAL ALABAMA.

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 18 WHICH INCLUDES SUMTER AND CHOCTAW COUNTIES
IN EXTREME WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA AND ALL COUNTIES BUT WAYNE AND JONES
IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI WILL BE IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM UNTIL 4 AM CST.

AT 915 PM NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS OCCURRING IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI OR
EXTREME WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA.

AT 915 PM CST MERIDIAN RADAR INDICATED NUMEROUS INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS
ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM JUST NORTH OF VICKSBURG TO COLUMBUS
MISSISSIPPI. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.